Mike, I am using a Mede8er media player and am extremely happy with it. It did cost a bit more though. Different models are available. The cheapest model needs external storage media like a HDD, the more expensive ones have a built in HDD (I think up to 2TB). Mine has a 500GB built in HDD. When you connect the player to the computer via USB it works like an external HDD and you can copy files across..
I do not put any videos on BR discs (don't trust discs). All my H.264 movies are stored on HDD and the media player is a additional back up. Western Digital make very good media players as well. I don't know whether Mede8er and WD players are available in the USA. I don't want to miss mine. www.mede8er.com http://www.wdc.com/en/products/homeentertainment/mediaplayers/ Uwe On 5/30/2012 9:11 PM, Mike Boom wrote: > > When I finish an AVCHD-based 1080p video production in Premiere, I > have some difficulty playing it back in other venues. When I worked > in HDV, it was a simple matter of rendering the finished video back > to HDV tape on my camcorder, hooking up the camcorder to monitors or > projectors wherever I'm presenting videos, and then playing back the > video from the camcorder. > > Now I render back to an AVCHD file, but my Canon XA10 will not accept > any AVCHD files that it didn't record itself, so I can't use my > camcorder for playback. I use a laptop, instead, playing back the > AVCHD file using VLC Media Player. > > A laptop's not ideal. It's big, bulky, and occasionally stutters on > playback. It's a recent model and high-powered, so I'm not sure if > it's something running in the background or if AVCHD in 1080p still > chokes some CPUs. > > I found this intriguing device when searching for solutions: > > http://www.meritline.com/1080-p-hd-mini-media-player---p-77300.aspx > > It looks like an ideal solution: plug it via HDMI into a high-res > monitor or projector, plug a self-powered USB drive into it, then let > it play back the AVCHD videos. It's so cheap, though, I'm very suspicious. > > Has anyone had any experience playing back high-quality hi-res video > from a portable media player? If so, how well did it work? Any > recommendations for other units? > > I guess at US$43 it's not a big risk to try, but if I can avoid > throwing it away on something that doesn't do what I want it to, I > can buy a big round of beer for friends instead. > > Thanks, > > Mike Boom > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
